Searce folder

There's a folder in the my documents folder called searches. There are
numerous sub folders under it and, together, they contain 5300 items taking
roughly 39 GB of space on my drive. What is the purpose of this folder? Can
it be deleted without destroying my system? If so, how can I prevent this
folder from filling up again? I was directed to this site but found no help
there.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...chfolders.mspx
Thanks, Jim B

The fact that it is 'filling up' has so little impact on the hard drive
space you have, that it isn't an issue, whatsoever. It's not like that list
of files is a hard copy of all the files.

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"JimB" <> wrote in message
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>
> There's a folder in the my documents folder called searches. There are
> numerous sub folders under it and, together, they contain 5300 items
> taking
> roughly 39 GB of space on my drive. What is the purpose of this folder?
> Can
> it be deleted without destroying my system? If so, how can I prevent this
> folder from filling up again? I was directed to this site but found no
> help
> there.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...chfolders.mspx
> Thanks, Jim B

True, but the question is why are they there if the OP is not saving his
searches.
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> The fact that it is 'filling up' has so little impact on the hard drive
> space you have, that it isn't an issue, whatsoever. It's not like that
> list of files is a hard copy of all the files.
>
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> "JimB" <> wrote in message
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>>
>> There's a folder in the my documents folder called searches. There are
>> numerous sub folders under it and, together, they contain 5300 items
>> taking
>> roughly 39 GB of space on my drive. What is the purpose of this folder?
>> Can
>> it be deleted without destroying my system? If so, how can I prevent this
>> folder from filling up again? I was directed to this site but found no
>> help
>> there.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...chfolders.mspx
>> Thanks, Jim B
>

I only have an 80 GB drive. I have no idea what the purpose of this folder
is. Can I delete them without serious consequences?

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> The fact that it is 'filling up' has so little impact on the hard drive
> space you have, that it isn't an issue, whatsoever. It's not like that list
> of files is a hard copy of all the files.
>
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> "JimB" <> wrote in message
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> >
> > There's a folder in the my documents folder called searches. There are
> > numerous sub folders under it and, together, they contain 5300 items
> > taking
> > roughly 39 GB of space on my drive. What is the purpose of this folder?
> > Can
> > it be deleted without destroying my system? If so, how can I prevent this
> > folder from filling up again? I was directed to this site but found no
> > help
> > there.
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...chfolders.mspx
> > Thanks, Jim B
>

Have you been saving your searches?

If the folders you describe are the same as the those described in the link
you can certainly delete them, however doing so will have an insignificant
impact on your available disk space.
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"JimB" <> wrote in message
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>I only have an 80 GB drive. I have no idea what the purpose of this folder
> is. Can I delete them without serious consequences?
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> The fact that it is 'filling up' has so little impact on the hard drive
>> space you have, that it isn't an issue, whatsoever. It's not like that
>> list
>> of files is a hard copy of all the files.
>>
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>> "JimB" <> wrote in message
>> news:63FE7B65-5434-422A-94E3-...
>> >
>> > There's a folder in the my documents folder called searches. There are
>> > numerous sub folders under it and, together, they contain 5300 items
>> > taking
>> > roughly 39 GB of space on my drive. What is the purpose of this folder?
>> > Can
>> > it be deleted without destroying my system? If so, how can I prevent
>> > this
>> > folder from filling up again? I was directed to this site but found no
>> > help
>> > there.
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...chfolders.mspx
>> > Thanks, Jim B
>>

Unless Vista does it by default, the answer is no and the second answer is I
haven't a clue how to do that. Is there a setting that turns this off? When
i total up the "size on disk" in the properties of these folders, I get
approx. 39 GB Is that a real number? It seems like a significant amount of
disk space to me unless I'm misinterpreting it. Then there's the question of
the 5900 (useless?) files the processor has to keep track of. I hate clutter.
I sure appreciate the time you're taking to help me out here.

JIm

"Bob" wrote:

> Have you been saving your searches?
>
> If the folders you describe are the same as the those described in the link
> you can certainly delete them, however doing so will have an insignificant
> impact on your available disk space.
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> "JimB" <> wrote in message
> news:BF5F88FA-63D0-4CD7-AAC4-...
> >I only have an 80 GB drive. I have no idea what the purpose of this folder
> > is. Can I delete them without serious consequences?
> >
> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> The fact that it is 'filling up' has so little impact on the hard drive
> >> space you have, that it isn't an issue, whatsoever. It's not like that
> >> list
> >> of files is a hard copy of all the files.
> >>
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> >> "JimB" <> wrote in message
> >> news:63FE7B65-5434-422A-94E3-...
> >> >
> >> > There's a folder in the my documents folder called searches. There are
> >> > numerous sub folders under it and, together, they contain 5300 items
> >> > taking
> >> > roughly 39 GB of space on my drive. What is the purpose of this folder?
> >> > Can
> >> > it be deleted without destroying my system? If so, how can I prevent
> >> > this
> >> > folder from filling up again? I was directed to this site but found no
> >> > help
> >> > there.
> >> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...chfolders.mspx
> >> > Thanks, Jim B
> >>
>
>

JimB;657212 Wrote:
> Unless Vista does it by default, the answer is no and the second answer
> is I haven't a clue how to do that. Is there a setting that turns this
> off? When i total up the "size on disk" in the properties of these
> folders, I get approx. 39 GB Is that a real number? It seems like a
> significant amount of disk space to me unless I'm misinterpreting it.
> Then there's the question of the 5900 (useless?) files the processor has
> to keep track of. I hate clutter. I sure appreciate the time you're
> taking to help me out here.
>
> JIm


If you right-click one of the icons inside one of the "folders", do you
get an option that says "Open file location"? And when you select this
option, where does it take you?


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Tried several. They take me to the place where the files are located on my
hard drive. This is what makes me think deleting these files would be
disastrous.

"Dzomlija" wrote:

>
> JimB;657212 Wrote:
> > Unless Vista does it by default, the answer is no and the second answer
> > is I haven't a clue how to do that. Is there a setting that turns this
> > off? When i total up the "size on disk" in the properties of these
> > folders, I get approx. 39 GB Is that a real number? It seems like a
> > significant amount of disk space to me unless I'm misinterpreting it.
> > Then there's the question of the 5900 (useless?) files the processor has
> > to keep track of. I hate clutter. I sure appreciate the time you're
> > taking to help me out here.
> >
> > JIm
>
>
> If you right-click one of the icons inside one of the "folders", do you
> get an option that says "Open file location"? And when you select this
> option, where does it take you?
>
>
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> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
>
> _*Prometheus*_
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> GPU: ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB
> BOX: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled
> OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64
>

FYI gentlemen
I deleted one file (an email contact) that I knew I could easily reconstruct
from this folder. It was as if I deleted it from the contacts folder. I'm
sure the same would be true for all the other files in the search folder,
disaster!

"JimB" wrote:

>
> There's a folder in the my documents folder called searches. There are
> numerous sub folders under it and, together, they contain 5300 items taking
> roughly 39 GB of space on my drive. What is the purpose of this folder? Can
> it be deleted without destroying my system? If so, how can I prevent this
> folder from filling up again? I was directed to this site but found no help
> there.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...chfolders.mspx
> Thanks, Jim B

JimB;657367 Wrote:
> FYI gentlemen
> I deleted one file (an email contact) that I knew I could easily
> reconstruct
> from this folder. It was as if I deleted it from the contacts folder.
> I'm
> sure the same would be true for all the other files in the search
> folder,
> disaster!
>
> "JimB" wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > There's a folder in the my documents folder called searches. There
> > are
> > > numerous sub folders under it and, together, they contain 5300 items
> > taking
> > > roughly 39 GB of space on my drive. What is the purpose of this
> > folder? Can
> > > it be deleted without destroying my system? If so, how can I prevent
> > this
> > > folder from filling up again? I was directed to this site but found
> > no help
> > > there.
> > > 'Search Folders'
> > (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...chfolders.mspx)
> > > Thanks, Jim B > >

Then what you see as "folders" and files under "Document\Searches", are
nothing more than Search results. You don't want to go deleting that -
unless, of course, you want to wipe out your data. Although that still
does not explain why the "Searches" folder is under "Documents"...


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you die, so shall I be Reborn...-

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CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
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